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Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Work began in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1893/94, at about 17. The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Mehmed Cemaleddin as Üsküp Postanesi stajyeri in Skopje, where the entries run to 1899/1900. Alongside, the lists for 1896 to 1898 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru. Mehmed Cemaleddin then moved to Sjenica (Seniçe) from 1899 to 1902. Alongside, the lists for 1901 to 1904 give a second post, in Preševo as Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü. Alongside, the lists for 1903/04 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Kosova Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdürlüğü Tahrirat Kâtibi.

Pay rose from 285 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 500 in 1899/1900, in Sjenica, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1903/04.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 6 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1893/941899/19001901/021245PristinaSkopjeSjenicaPreševo

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Prizrin), stop 6 (Place not recorded).

  1. Pristina (Priştine)

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Skopje (Üsküp)

    First work 1893/94 (AH 1311); 1893 to 1900 (AH 1311 to 1317)

    Üsküp Postanesi stajyeri

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Prizrin as worded, no place record not on the map

    1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)

    Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

    285 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Sjenica (Seniçe)

    1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)

    Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Preševo (Preşova)

    1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321)

    Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Place not recorded not on the map

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Kosova Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdürlüğü Tahrirat Kâtibi

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321500 kuruşÜsküp Postanesi stajyeriSeniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruPreşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9728545025%
1897/9830040040028%
1898/9930040039027%
1899/190050040040055%
1900/0150040040055%
1901/0250040036054%
1902/0350040036055%
1903/0450040540053%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workSkopje (Üsküp)
1893 to 1900AH 1311 to 1317Üsküp Postanesi stajyeri
7 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98300
1898/99300
1899/1900300
Skopje (Üsküp)300
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97285
1897/98285
285
1899 to 1902AH 1317 to 1319Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
Sjenica (Seniçe)500
1901 to 1904AH 1319 to 1321Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü
3 entries
YearSalary
1901/02500
1902/03500
1903/04500
Preševo (Preşova)500
1903/04AH 1321Kosova Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdürlüğü Tahrirat Kâtibi500

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 31 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp) in the same years, 20 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi had the 14th highest salary of them.

All 111 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp)

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

The page of Pristina (Priştine), with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Üsküp Postanesi stajyeriSkopje (Üsküp)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1894/95AH 1312Üsküp Postanesi stajyeriSkopje (Üsküp)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1895/96AH 1313Üsküp Postanesi stajyeriSkopje (Üsküp)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1896/97AH 1314Üsküp Postanesi stajyeriSkopje (Üsküp)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1896/97AH 1314Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruPrizrin285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1897/98AH 1315Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruPrizrin285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1897/98AH 1315Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1898/99AH 1316Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1899/1900AH 1317Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1899/1900AH 1317Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1900/01AH 1318Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1901/02AH 1319Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1901/02AH 1319Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüPreševo (Preşova)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1902/03AH 1320Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüPreševo (Preşova)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1903/04AH 1321Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüPreševo (Preşova)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
1903/04AH 1321Kosova Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdürlüğü Tahrirat Kâtibi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mehmed Cemaleddin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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